Well I'm sure its not my biggest problem, but its definitely making it difficult for me to focus on making art. I'm a full time graphic designer, so all day - every day (except weekends of course) I sit in front of a computer screen and create magazine layouts, ads, and everything else related to the paintball magazine. Sometimes I come to work and I feel like going crazy in photoshop and making really cool shit. I research what other graphic artists who design skate magazines and punk rock posters are doing and I try to design on the same level. Sometimes I really challenge myself and feel inspired. But that's not what happens all the time. There are times when its hard for me to think of anything new to do, and there are times when I'd rather be doing something mundane like data entry because the creative section of my brain is dried up like a gross little prune.
This is what makes it so effing hard (yes, effing) to be creative when I'm home. I spend so much creative energy on paintball stuff that it leaves me wanting to either drink some beers with my friends, or zone out in front of the tv when I get home. Anything, as long as it is easy on my prune-brain. Just don't ask me to THINK. Currently I'm trying to figure out a solution for this, besides "get a new job." I read somewhere to start creating early in the morning, before doing anything else really. Well this morning I managed to bring my supplies into the living room and then watch Saved by the Bell. I didn't touch my art stuff but it was the Saved by the Bell where Zach and Kelly got married in Vegas. I'm giving myself the benefit of the doubt today and assuming that it wasn't really my fault for neglecting my art this morning, because honestly... who could pass up ZACH AND KELLY MARRYING IN VEGAS?
